If you were to travel to Istanbul, there are lots of beautiful places that you can go to. Traveling to Istanbul would allow you to visit amazing natural sceneries and take a journey to the country’s culture and history. If you are sports fanatic who wants to travel to Istanbul, you should not miss the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.
Sukru Saracoglu Stadium is the most famous football stadium in Istanbul. This is where most sports events are held and where a lot of cultural events are being shown. Sukru Saracoglu Stadium is home to the world renowned team of Fenerbahçe. SK.
Looking back at history, the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium was inaugurated back in 1908. If you were to travel to Istanbul at that time, you would not appreciate the stadium pretty much. But when you travel to Istanbul today, you would find it very amazing because of the renovation that it undergone for more than five years. Renovation started in 1999 and was completed in 2006.
The newly renovated Sukru Saracoglu Stadium can actually seat a total number of 50,509 people. In October of 2006, after careful inspection of the stadium, it was picked among stadiums of other countries to host one of the biggest sports events of all time- the 2009 UEFA Cup Final.
So if you were to travel to Istanbul, don’t forget to visit the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium where you can find a spacious sports arena. You would definitely find it a joy to watch at one of the precious seats in this world famous stadium. Better yet, travel to Istanbul in 2009 to watch the!
If have ever visited Istanbul over a weekend then you’ve noticed all the bars are full of Fenerbace football supporters – loud and passiionate. So is the love of football in Turkey.